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Senegal

WAPP hopes to tap into Saint-Paul River's hydropower

The West African Power Pool (WAPP) has selected French engineering specialist Artelia to conduct a series of studies for its hydroelectric power project on the Saint Paul River in Liberia.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 08.10.2020

Dakar removes a hurdle from Rosso Bridge build

More than six months after one of the candidates for the contract to oversee the Rosso Bridge build filed an appeal with the public procurement regulatory authority, putting the whole tender on hold, the process can now get back underway.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 06.10.2020

Avisa Partners prepares Macky Sall's next Dakar International Forum on Security in Africa

Senegalese President Macky Sall at an African Peace and Security Forum in Dakar. © Aliou Mbaye/Panapress/MaxPPP

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.10.2020

Embalo's appearance at Bamako inauguration sparks regional upset

Umaro Sissoco Embalo was the only foreign head of state to attend the inauguration of Mali's transitional president Bah N'Daw on 25 September. Embalo is trying to strengthen his relationship with Bamako - with Malian businessman Aliou Boubacar Diallo's help.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.10.2020

Piriou patrol boats: Havelsan pitches counteroffer in Dakar

Subscribers only Defence, Business Running story - Erdogan's drive in Africa 30.09.2020

Cement giant Vicat adds muscle to Africa branch

Retired general Hughes Delort-Laval has joined cement giant Vicat's Africa office to second director general Yves Keller, who has headed the Dakar-based office since 2013.

Subscribers only Business 29.09.2020

In Focus
Ofer, AfDB and FMO see their millions go up in smoke at Sendou

Dutch development agency FMO and the African Development Bank have opened an investigation into the financing of the Sendou power station by a group of promoters led by Stockholm-based businessman Louis Claude Norland Suzor. The two institutions have invested over $110 million in the power station with little to show for it.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy, Business 28.09.2020

Culmen aims high for MINUSMA logistics and training contract

The US Department of State will be entrusting the logistics of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali to private American operators.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 24.09.2020

Des casques bleus de la Minusma, dans la région de Tombouctou.

Senegalese President Macky Sall due in Paris on 11 November

Le président sénégalais Macky Sall participera le 11 novembre à la troisième édition du Forum de Paris sur la paix, à La Villette.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.09.2020

Senegalese President Macky Sall during his visit to France on 26 August, 2020.

Amarante on verge of bailing out of Senegal's airports

Le groupe de sécurité privé Amarante est en négociations pour céder ses activités aéroportuaires au Sénégal à Securicom Mali.

Subscribers only Defence, Infrastructure, Business 18.09.2020

Dakar Blaise-Diagne International Airport.

Local David slays goliaths to scoop BP, Kosmos, Woodside audit

Operators of the Grand Tortue-Ahmeyim and Sangomar fields will have their accounts subjected to two years of scrutiny by a little-known Senegalese audit firm that managed to see off competition from PwC, Mazars and Baker Tilly.

Subscribers only Energy 09.09.2020

Macau's Chow dynasty plans to reduce spending on its giant Cape Verde casino project

The Covid pandemic has forced Macau Legend, the casino group headed by Macau business magnate David Chow and his family, to reduce the scale of its development plans in West Africa.

Subscribers only Business 07.09.2020

Monaco Resources converts auditor into CFO to boost finance repute

Monaco Resources has asked one of its auditors from Baker Tilly to become its first ever group CFO.

Subscribers only Business 04.09.2020

Turkey's Havelsan hoists its flag over Piriou's patrol boats

By belatedly vying to equip the patrol boats Dakar ordered from Piriou, Turkish defence giant Havelsan could cause an upset at the expense of Nexeya.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 03.09.2020

Covid-19 upsets regional airport rebuild schedule

The Czech company Transcon Electronic Systems, contracted to renovate five of Senegal's regional airports, is having to adjust its timetable due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 03.09.2020

PAE beefs up anti-terror airport passenger checks

US defence and logistics giant Pacific Architects & Engineers was selected on 12 August to equip Senegalese airports with its Automated Targeting System.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 02.09.2020

From Ponta Sino to Thiès, Jean-Marie Gras' hotels get red carpet treatment

Jean-Marie Gras, the French businessman at the helm of several luxury hotels in Senegal and Cape Verde, will be teaming up with the Praia government to build a giant new complex to revive its tourism industry decimated by Covid-19.

Subscribers only Business 26.08.2020

The project of the Royal Horizons Ponta Sino.

Struggling in Equatorial Guinea, Lukoil foiled over Sangomar by Woodside

The cut-price acquisition of Senegal's Sangomar field by Lukoil, a firm run by a close associate of Vladimir Putin, has been derailed.

Subscribers only Energy 25.08.2020

Artist's impression of FPSO to develop the Sangomar field.

In Focus
Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

After eight years of coaxing, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has concluded a major military and economic agreement with Niger - to France's great chagrin.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 24.08.2020

Turkish Ambassador to Niger Mustafa Türker Ari with President Mahamadou Issoufou, in February 2020.

AfDB still dealing with fallout of Sendou power plant

The African Development Bank is staring down the barrel of a financial fiasco over the Sendou coal power plant of which it is the largest backer.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 21.08.2020

Previously convicted for aluminium foundry mismanagement, Monaco Resources co-founder now has eye on Alteo refinery

Among the potential buyers for the Alteo alumina refinery in Marseilles, currently in administration, is Monaco Resources, whose founder Axel Fischer was previously convicted in Germany for mismanagement of an aluminium factory.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 20.08.2020

Antonio Guterres chooses new United Nations "West Africa" boss

The United Nations Department of Political Affairs has found a successor to fill the shoes of the current head of UNOWAS, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, ahead of his imminent departure.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.08.2020

Ghanaian diplomat Mohamed Ibn Chambas, head the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel, UNOWAS.

Apogee-SSU to continue training west African pilots

The US Department of State has renewed the contract of the American service provider Apogee-SSU Joint Venture to train the Cessna C-208B crews of the Cameroonian, Nigerien and Chadian air forces.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 18.08.2020

In Focus
Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

After having had the spotlight turned on his confidential online political marketing activities by American think-tank Atlantic Council last month, Franco-Tunisian communications adviser Lotfi Bel Hadj has already moved on. Last month, he signed PR and lobbying contracts with the Togolese presidency.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 27.07.2020

Franco-Tunisian publicist Lotfi Bel Hadj.

Dakar, Rabat, in diplomatic spat over Covid-19 repatriation flights

Morocco has yet to grant Senegal's request to fly in its airspace or land planes on its territory to repatriate its citizens. The delay protects Royal Air Maroc's landing slots approved by Dakar, to the detriment of Air Senegal.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.07.2020

An Air Senegal point of sale in Dakar, shortly after the airport reopened on July 15.

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WAPP hopes to tap into Saint-Paul River's hydropower

Dakar removes a hurdle from Rosso Bridge build

Avisa Partners prepares Macky Sall's next Dakar International Forum on Security in Africa

Embalo's appearance at Bamako inauguration sparks regional upset

Piriou patrol boats: Havelsan pitches counteroffer in Dakar

Cement giant Vicat adds muscle to Africa branch

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Ofer, AfDB and FMO see their millions go up in smoke at Sendou

Culmen aims high for MINUSMA logistics and training contract

Senegalese President Macky Sall due in Paris on 11 November

Amarante on verge of bailing out of Senegal's airports

Local David slays goliaths to scoop BP, Kosmos, Woodside audit

Macau's Chow dynasty plans to reduce spending on its giant Cape Verde casino project

Monaco Resources converts auditor into CFO to boost finance repute

Turkey's Havelsan hoists its flag over Piriou's patrol boats

Covid-19 upsets regional airport rebuild schedule

PAE beefs up anti-terror airport passenger checks

From Ponta Sino to Thiès, Jean-Marie Gras' hotels get red carpet treatment

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Senegal

WAPP hopes to tap into Saint-Paul River's hydropower

Dakar removes a hurdle from Rosso Bridge build

Avisa Partners prepares Macky Sall's next Dakar International Forum on Security in Africa

Embalo's appearance at Bamako inauguration sparks regional upset

Piriou patrol boats: Havelsan pitches counteroffer in Dakar

Cement giant Vicat adds muscle to Africa branch

In Focus Ofer, AfDB and FMO see their millions go up in smoke at Sendou

Culmen aims high for MINUSMA logistics and training contract

Senegalese President Macky Sall due in Paris on 11 November

Amarante on verge of bailing out of Senegal's airports

Local David slays goliaths to scoop BP, Kosmos, Woodside audit

Macau's Chow dynasty plans to reduce spending on its giant Cape Verde casino project

Monaco Resources converts auditor into CFO to boost finance repute

Turkey's Havelsan hoists its flag over Piriou's patrol boats

Covid-19 upsets regional airport rebuild schedule

PAE beefs up anti-terror airport passenger checks

From Ponta Sino to Thiès, Jean-Marie Gras' hotels get red carpet treatment

Struggling in Equatorial Guinea, Lukoil foiled over Sangomar by Woodside

In Focus Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

AfDB still dealing with fallout of Sendou power plant

Previously convicted for aluminium foundry mismanagement, Monaco Resources co-founder now has eye on Alteo refinery

Antonio Guterres chooses new United Nations "West Africa" boss

Apogee-SSU to continue training west African pilots

In Focus Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist

Dakar, Rabat, in diplomatic spat over Covid-19 repatriation flights

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The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

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Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

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Ofer, AfDB and FMO see their millions go up in smoke at Sendou

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Turkey woos Issoufou, lands big security deal

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Blacklisted by Facebook, Lotfi Bel Hadj becomes Togo's official publicist